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| Bottle conditioned with perfect carbonation |
Arcobrau Weissbier Hell [baron rating /5] - 5.3% hazy gold ale,yeasty banana smell,mild sharp lemon bubblegum taste,mild dry spicy finish
Buy Arcobrau ales from Aldi
Batemans Gold Medal
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Batemans Gold Medal [baron rating /5] - 4.1% gold ale,orange buttery cereal smell,slight tart fruity taste,dry slightly stale bitter finish
Batemans Miss America
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Batemans Miss America [baron rating /5] - 4.1% amber ale,sweet dried fruits smell,caramel nutty bitter taste,dry nutty bitter finish
Hardknott Vitesse Noir
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| Bottle conditioned with mild carbonation |
Hardknott Vitesse Noir [baron rating /5] - 11% black ale,vanilla coffee boozy smell,rich bittersweet coffee taste,bitter coffee finish
We had recorded some audio to go along with this rating but found it completely corrupt when I came to edit it :(
Clown Shoes Brown Angel
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Clown Shoes Brown Angel [baron rating /5] - 7% dark amber ale,nutty sugary smell,smooth sweet brown sugar toffee taste,long sweet finish
Looking forward to baron rating #EBBC12 ales
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Last weekend I attended the European Beer Bloggers Conference 2012 (which I've blogged about quite a bit already) and quite a few of us had mentioned to each other to bring a bottle of something interesting to open there or swap, here are the absolute delights that I came home with:
Sharp's Connoisseurs Choice Range
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- Artisan American IPA - 5.6% American-style IPA, thanks to Simon aka @RealAleToday
- Bridgeport Hop Czar - 7.5% imperial IPA, thanks to @Tandleman
- Broadford Damn Nation - 8.3% Belgian golden strong ale, thanks to @BroadfordBrewer
- Brouwerij 't IJ IPA - 7% IPA, thanks to the Night of International Beers
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- Hardknott Rhetoric - 12.5% (approx) controversial ale, thanks to by @HardknottAlex
- Marston's Marynka - 4% single hopped ale, thanks to Danny on the Marston's stand
- Marston's Sovereign - 4% single hopped ale, thanks to Danny on the Marston's stand
- Mohawk Extra IPA - 7.5% IPA,thanks to the Night of International Beers
- Mohawk Summer IPA - 6.8% IPA,thanks to the Night of International Beers
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- Off Beat Far Out Stout - 7.4% whisky stout, thanks to @Filrd
- Vibrant Forest Black Oktober - 7.2% Imperial Russian Stout, thanks to @mrdavidj
- Williams Bros Double Joker IPA - 8% double IPA, thanks to Chris from @WilliamsBrewery
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| Sharp's new Connoisseurs Choice range |
Sharp's Connoisseurs Choice Range
- No. 1 Quadrupel Ale - 10% dark ruby ale, aroma of perfumed alcoholic fruit. A full bittersweet fruitiness leads to a warming alcoholic finish
- No. 2 Single Brew - 4.5% mid-golden ale,fresh herbal lemon aroma,light barley sugars give way to perfumed bitterness. The finish is dry, clean and exquisitely appetising.
- No. 3 Honey Spice Tripel - 10% ale with an aroma of juicy citrus fruit and candyfloss,the flavour is a journey from rich fruity bitterness through to an appetisingly dry finish
Grimbergen Dubbel
Grimbergen Dubbel [baron rating /5] - 6.5% dark amber ale,sweet raisin smell,sweet caramel mild fruity taste,fruity sweet finish
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Looking forward to baron rating Windsor & Eton Kohinoor
Some breweries are getting behind the Queen's Jubilee brewing special ales to commemorate her 60 years of reign. Windsor & Eton Brewery are one such brewery but are not doing one special beer, they are brewing and bottling three different ones!
Earlier in the month I received the first of their beers, Treetops and last week (just before EBBC12) I received a bottle of Kohinoor:
Windsor & Eton Brewery
Buy Windsor & Eton ales direct
Earlier in the month I received the first of their beers, Treetops and last week (just before EBBC12) I received a bottle of Kohinoor:
Windsor & Eton Brewery
- Kohinoor - 5% IPA, refreshing innovation on a classic IPA, made with exotic ingredients from both India (Jaggery raw cane sugar) and the East Indies (Jasmine petals, cardamom pods & coriander seeds)
Buy Windsor & Eton ales direct
#EBBC12 in pictures
European Beer Bloggers Conference 2012 by @baron_orm
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| Registration badges |
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| Molson Coors |
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| Registration room |
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| Brains |
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| Marston's |
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| Tandleman |
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| Williams Brothers |
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| Zak Avery & Mark Dredge |
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| Spiegelau tasting glasses |
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| Tasting session beers |
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| Spiegelau glasses & pint pot |
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| Ilkley ales |
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| @KaveyEats & @PeteDrinks |
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| Molson Coors beers |
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| Beer Beauty & water! |
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| Sharp's Single Brew |
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| RealAleGuide Simon |
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| SIBA Charlie & Beer Beauty |
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| Peddling4Pints |
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Live Beer Blogging at the European Beer Bloggers Conference 2012
Note: This was written live as the presentation was happening and
posted as soon as it finished so I apologise for any spelling mistakes
or grammatical errors.
Taste 10 beers in 50 minutes.
Leeds Brewery Hellfire 5.2% pale gold ale, fruity slight floral smell, crisp clean citrus taste,very dry long finish
Cheese or fish & chips were suggested as good match
Otley Oxymoron 5.5% black IPA, roasty choc smell, citrus fruity but also dark roasty taste, smooth spicy fruity finish
Brains Dark 4.1% very dark brown dark mild, mild roasted smell, choc & mild berries taste, clean finish
Marble Earl Grey IPA 6.8% gold ale, floral Earl Grey tea smell, complex citrus floral taste, dry tannins finish
Roosters Baby-Faced Assassin 6.1% gold ale, tropical fruits smell, massive clean fruity taste, huge tropical fruity finish
Great Heck Stormin Norman 6.5% gold ale, mild citrus fruity smell, crisp strong bitter taste, very bitter dry finish
Slaters Top Totty 4% pale gold ale, crisp mild herbal smell, clean fresh mild citrus taste, clean lager-like finish
Camden Town USA Hells 4.6% pale gold lager, clean mild herbal smell, clean refreshing taste, big dry slight citrus peppery finish
Adnams Ghost Ship 4.5% gold ale,mild lemony smell, bittersweet tropical taste, bitter finish
Innis & Gunn Scottish Pale Ale 7% amber ale, vanilla citric smell, smooth vanilla fruity taste, long spicy finish
Taste 10 beers in 50 minutes.
Cheese or fish & chips were suggested as good match
